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A. D. TYTLER. Spur.

No. 225,955 Patented Mar. 30, 1880.

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SPUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,955, dated March30, 1880.

Application filed August 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ALEXANDER D. TYTLER, ofSan Antonio, Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spurs,of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a spur which may be readilyapplied to the heel of a boot or shoe and easily detached therefrom.

The invention consists in acurved bifurcated support for the spur-wheel,having one end slotted to receive the screw by which it is fastened tothe boot, and having ridges or serrations for insuring a firm hold onthe boot-heel.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the spur, showing themanner of attaching it to the boot-heel. Fig. 2is afront elevation, andFig. 3 represents the screw-driver or key used in attaching and removingthe spur.

The curved piece A, in which is pivoted the spur-wheel B, is enlarged atits lower end and slotted at O to receive the screw D, by which it isattached to the boot-heel. The inner face,

a, of the curved piece A, which comes into contact with the boot heehisroughened, ribbed,

or serrated to insure firmness in the attachment, the projections orribs forming in the leather of the boot-heel corresponding indentations,which prevent the spur-wheel support from sliding or turning.

By employing a fastening device of this kind straps and buckles aredispensed with and the operation of attaching and detaching the spurissimplified. The spur is also more cheaply manufactured than those ofordinary description, and it is so compact that it may be readilycarried in the pocket when not in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a riding-spur whose wheel-supportis slotted and serrated and adapted to be fastened to a bootheel by acommon screw, as herein specified.

ALEXANDER D TYTLER.

Witnesses:

A. A. MCDONALD, W. S. BEATTY.

